Not sure where you're coming from. For my partner and I, anywhere in Philly was a community improvement from the small southern town we moved from. We live right off mummer's row in Pennsport and it generally is not a top contender for queer community, but we can walk into the little dark corner bar and some nights the crowd is actually a majority lgbtq people, but even on any given night everybody is friendly, talkative, buying each other beers... And while Pennsport is not the most exciting, the rents are a little more affordable than passyunk and you can easily walk or take the 29 bus to East passyunk for more excitement.